BISH 425817Botany

Heliotropium indicum

Indian Heliotrope

As recorded: Heliotropium indicum L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Boraginales › Heliotropiaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 24874
Date: June 8, 1946
Locality: Mt. Lasso
Island: Tinian
Region: Northern Mariana Islands
Elevation: 163 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

43 Bishop specimens of Heliotropium indicum · collected 1906–2010Species page ›

Collected the same day

On June 8, 1946, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Heliotropium indicum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6,098 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28

Eufaula

(c) robberscavenaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

Jackson

(c) Kane Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Macon

(c) william_maley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Mark Twain National Forest, Blue Eye, MO, US

(c) Nicholas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Cooper, TX, US

no rights reserved

2026-10-26

W AR-10, Booneville, AR, US

(c) aislinn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Heliotropium indicum. BISH 425817. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956302041. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/425817.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956302041 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026